| For Immediate Release: February 26, 2003 Another Industry First: Restaurant Equipment World™ Develops Pocket PC Wireless Access to its E-Commerce Sites Contact Information: |
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PRESS RELEASE
| For Immediate Release: February 26, 2003 Another Industry First: Restaurant Equipment World™ Develops Pocket PC Wireless Access to its E-Commerce Sites Contact Information: |
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Restaurant Equipment World™ (A Pierce Sales Company, Inc.), based in Orlando, Florida announced today the official launch of its e-commerce web sites for the wireless Pocket PC handheld computer platform.
The wireless site access allows customers full access to all 20,000 products Restaurant Equipment World™ sells online in its network of more than 150 web sites. Extensive information can be obtained about each of these products including full color product images. Customers can search the main catalog database using the same proprietary REX™ search engine technology that runs the rest of the REW network of sites. The Secure Socket Layer (SSL) built into the design of the wireless site also allows for secure online purchasing of any item and online order tracking of existing orders.
While this is a major accomplishment and a first for the restaurant equipment industry, venturing into technology and the wireless internet world is not a new concept to REW. Accord to Bradley Pierce, REW’s Vice President, "We developed the first full online catalog in our industry back in 1996. That milestone was followed by the development of an online order tracking system that allowed customers to monitor the progress of their orders as they moved through REW’s internal systems. In October of 2000, we first ventured into the wireless internet arena with our development of the first wireless site access on the Palm Pilot VII platform. Introducing the new site for the wireless Pocket PC platform is yet another evolutionary step our company has taken to keep us on the cutting edge of technology."
Pierce states that his organization typically develops technology for their web sites and internal operations one to two years before the technology becomes used by the mainstream public. Pierce states, "We want to be ready and able to serve our customers as soon as they begin using the new technology. As an industry leader, we simply can’t afford to wait until customers ask for us to implement technology. We must anticipate these customer demands and build pro-actively to accommodate them."
REW’s strong commitment to technology mixed with a highly talented staff of individuals behind the scenes has made the company a leader in an area where many others have tried and failed. They continued strong growth during the ‘dot-com’ shakeout and now have active customer bases in all 50 states and more than 45 countries throughout the world.
Sample screen shots and more information concerning the wireless internet application by Restaurant Equipment World™ is available by visiting the wireless area of our web site at http://wireless.REWonline.com (use a normal internet connection to view the information on this site.)
Restaurant Equipment World™ (A Pierce Sales Company, Inc.) was founded 27 years ago by Jerry Pierce who is President of the company. The brick-and-mortar company entered the online arena in 1995 and soon became the largest restaurant equipment site online. The company owns and operates more than 150 restaurant equipment internet sites (each trademarked) via an integrated web site linking system (patent pending). Bradley Pierce, the son of Jerry Pierce, is the company’s Vice President who developed the online enterprise and overseas the daily e-commerce operations for the company.
Additional press information and articles are available by visiting the press release section of our main web internet site at http://www.REWonline.com.
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